Child Contact Centre
What are Child Contact Centres?
Child Contact Centres play a key role in helping children affected by family breakdown to maintain relationships with the parent they do not live with or other family members. The central concept of a Child Contact Centre is to offer a safe, friendly, neutral, child-centred environment for children to meet with their non-resident parent or family member with trained staff in attendance offering support as and when required.
They are designed to be a stepping stone to a more permanent arrangement for future contact.
Why do we need Child Contact Centres?
In most cases, it is better for children to remain in contact with both of their parents after separation or divorce. However, some parents find it very difficult to agree to share their children's time with their ex-partner or extended family members. There may be many reasons for this, including the parents simply having real difficulty in communicating and agreeing arrangements. Child Contact Centres help to provide children with a safe, netural environment, away from high conflict situations so they can see their parent who does not live with them or other family members.
How do people get to use them?
Those wishing to make a referral should get in touch with us so detailed arrangements of the contact can be discussed. Most referrals are made through the court, solicitors or social work, but we can also accept self referrals. Please note that we have the right to refuse a referral or cancel a service once it has begun.
